SHADOW (2021)

I first got the idea for this film while researching the Romanian Legend of the Arges Monastery for a full evening length show I created in 2018 In the legend a pregnant woman is immured to make the walls of the monastery stand After further research I came across the belief of the stahie or shadow an ancient Eastern European belief and practice that in order for the walls of a building to stand someone has to be built into the walls either physically ie their body or metaphysically ie their shadow As I delved into the legend and this belief I found myself facing my many shadows my many possibilities and my many fears